Sally Brampton Love I was talking to a woman whose relationship is in crisis. She wants more commitment; marriage, a settled home. Read more
Sally Brampton I Don’t Know One of my favourite phrases is “I don’t know”, which might be considered as a form of fantastic stupidity until you consider this. Read more
Sally Brampton Sorry I’ve been thinking a lot about the word “sorry” recently – and not in that terribly English way of apologising to people as we stumble past them to get to our seats in the theatre. Read more
Sally Brampton What Not to Say Words are powerful. We should not be careless with them; yet we fling them around like so much confetti. My darling dad died last week. Read more
Sally Brampton Being Neat I have been having a good clear out – although I have to confess that one corner of my bedroom is still a mess of old clothes waiting to be bundled up and taken to the charity shop. Read more
Sally Brampton Acts of Kindness When I was in hospital last year, a friend wrote to me. She wanted to send me flowers but they were not allowed on the ward I was in. Read more
Sally Brampton Comparing Ourselves to Others When my daughter was a teenager, she spent a great deal of time thinking about appearance, just like every other teenage girl in the known universe. Read more
Sally Brampton Gardening This is my favourite time of year, when Mother Nature wakes from the long, deep sleep of winter. Read more
Sally Brampton Change Last week, my life changed irrevocably. It took all of three minutes. I was sitting in my study at home on a sunny morning, when the telephone rang. Read more
Sally Brampton Letting Go I like to collect quotes and one of my favourites is this, by Rudyard Kipling. Read more
Sally Brampton Gratitude You know those days when everything seems to go wrong? Well, it is only 9am and it is one of those days. The problems have piled up like dirty laundry. Oh, and the washing machine has broken. Read more